The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-31
TAlCKEKAl'S LvIiEsS.
UNPUBLISHED CORBEsPoND-
RNCE OF THE GREAT SATIRISr.
Selfish Poets-His Rellgion-At a
Dull Dinner--sharp Shots al
People and Thugs.
APRIL %. 1851.

People and Thugs.
APRIL %. 1851.
MADAM AND DEAR LApY-Will
you have little letter today,or a long
letter tomorrow? for there's ouly
halt an hour to post time. A little
letter today? Idon't wonder at poets
being selfish, such as Wordsworth
aud Alfred. | have been for five
days poet, and have thought and re.
membered nothing else but myself
and my rhymes and my measure. II
somebody had come to me and said:
Mrs. Brook6eld has just had her
arm cut Off" | should have gone on
with Queen of iunumerably isles,
tidumtidy, tidumdidy, and not stirred
from the chair. The children aud
nobody haven't seen me except at
night; and now though the work is
Just done q am just returned IRON
taking it to the Times othce) hardly
see the paper before me 80 utterly
beat, nervous, bilious aud overcome
| | feel; so you see you chose very bad
day, ma'am, for a letter from
yours very sincerely. III you
were at Cadogan Place | would
walk in, | dare say, say God
bless you, and then ask leave to go
to sleep. Now you must be thinking
OF coming back to Pimlico soon, TOR
the lectures are TO begin on the 10th.
| tried the great room at Willis's
yesterday, and recited part OF the
multiplication table to waiter at
the opposite end, so as to try my
voice. He said he could hear per-
fectly, and | daresay he could, but
the thoughts somehow swell and am.
| lily with that high pitched voice aud
elaborate distinctness. As per
ceiye how poets become selfish, see
how orators become humbugs and
selfish in their way, too, absorbed IN
that selfish pursuit and turning OF
periods. 1t is curious to take these
dips into life new TO me as yet, and
try it and see how | like it, isn't IL
All me, idleness is best that is, gu Ell
aud repose of mind aud somebody tC
love and be fond Of, and nil admirari
in fine.
THACKERAY AT THE LONDON EN'
uIBITioN.
IL write you little word after that
Exhibition from home.
The ode has had a great success
What do you mean by IAN ode rs she
calls it?" Vive dieu, madame, it is
either an ode or nix Che German FOL
nothing). And as for the Exhibition
which don interest me much, IL was
a noble, awful, great love-inspiiing
gooseflesh. bringing sight. got {
good place by good luck and saw III,
whole affair, OF which no particular
item is wonderful but the genera
effect, the multitude, the riches, the
peace, the splendor, the security, thu
sunshine, great 10 see-much grandel
than a coronation. The vastcst ant
sublimest popular festival that tn,
world has ever witnessed before
What can one say about IL but com
monplace2 There was Chimes
with a face like a pantomimc. mas
and shoes, who went up aud kisse'
the Duke Of Wellington, much to th,
old boys surprise.
And the Queen looked not un
interesting, aud Prince Alber
, grave, handsome, and princely; au,
Prince OF Wales aud the Princes
Royal are nice children-yery cage
!, to talk and observe they seemed
, And while the Archbishop way say
ing his prayer, beginning with Pate
! Noster, which sounded in that won
: deriul throug inexpressibly swee
and awful, three Roman priests wer
, stating about them with oper
glasses: which made me feel as angr
as the Jews who stoned stephen.
D A THACRERAY RETROSPECT.
! I'VE had the most delightful rid
|, yesterday from Basel, going throug
country which | suppose prepare
! one for the splendider scenery OF N
Airs; kind, good natured litt
mountains, not too awful 10 look n
! bu. encouraging in appearance, an
, leading US gradually up TO the onoI
mites which We are 10 contcmplat
4 10 a day or two.
II have made only one sketch !
this note; best not make FOOLS
sketches OF buildings. but look abor
Sod see the beautiful pictures don
for you by nature bonohcent IL
almost the first place have seen
Europe where the women actual
: wear costumes-in Rome only III
/, women who get up for the painter
y dress differently from other folk
= Travelling as pateriamilias, with
y daughter ia each hand, don't III
y !, 10 speak 10 our country folks, bJ
= give myself airs. rather, aud keep 0
y from them. II | were alone | shout
4 make up 10 everybody. You don
y see things 80 well a trois as you q
y alone; you are an English gcntl,
= man you arc shy Of queer looking
y queer speaking people; you arc
= the coupe you are an oarl--conl0uu
u your impudonce, II you had 5000
y year and were Tomparr, Esq, 70
= could not behave yourself more bis
y aud nightly. All / recollect {,
u years back, a poor devil looking wis
y FULLY at the few napoleons in b
. gousset, aud giving himself no airs
all. lie was a better fellow thi
y the one you know perhaps; not tn
. our characters alter, only they d
velop AID our minds grow grey Al
= bald, etc. Twas a boy ten years az
~ bleating out my simple cries in u
a Great Hoggarty diamond. We ha
~ seen many pretty children, two esp
= cially, sitting 10 a little tub by !
70 roadside, but we agree that there
~ none 80 pretty as baby BrookieI
- we wish for her and for her molht
20 / believe. This is brilliant XII
&c Of a tour, isn't it2 egotistici,
twaddlc. I've forgot The lectures
much "a n thew had never heen do